How to Use shooting star in a Sentence

shooting star

noun
  • Instead, take in the whole sky for a chance to see a shooting star.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 13 Dec. 2021
  • So that might be the best time to go looking for shooting stars.
    Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
  • The movie doesn't demand a shooting star at that point.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And the dust particles looked like a bunch of shooting stars.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • If weather permits, keep the fly off the tent and look for shooting stars.
    Jacob Baynham, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2019
  • There was a great moment where there was a shooting star that went over.
    Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 4 June 2021
  • In a third, a flash of silver streaked across my field of vision: a shooting star.
    Erin E. Williams, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The shooting star show will peak during the late evening hours of Aug. 11 and early morning hours of Aug. 12.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Just face northeast, sit back in a comfy chair and look for a shooting star.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021
  • People hoping to catch a glimpse of a shooting star should turn their gaze to the sky this weekend.
    Leada Gore, AL.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The bright light from the moon can impact the visibility of the fainter shooting stars.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2023
  • No one was taking the time to unplug, watch the colors of a sunset, see a shooting star or feel the wind in their hair.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • This means the lunar glare will wash out the fainter shooting stars around dawn, and the best views might be relegated to the darker late nights of the 21st and 22nd.
    Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2019
  • But Lora Lee was a shooting star — one that would quickly crash-land.
    Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
  • Arnold’s signature wrestling move is the shooting star press.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 5 May 2022
  • Your one last chance to make a wish upon a shooting star in 2022 is approaching!
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
  • So head outside as soon as the sky gets dark on October 8, for your best chance to spot scores of shooting stars.
    Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Hamas calls its drone a Shihab, or shooting star in Arabic.
    David S. Cloud Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
  • When the next set piece — a shooting star — failed to appear on cue, Perry gave the crowd a little Ethel Merman.
    Dave Paulson, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The result is dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of shooting stars lighting up the night sky.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2023
  • Light from your phone will interfere with your eye’s ability to adjust to the dark and take in the shooting stars.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Spotting a price tag on a Dyson item is like seeing a shooting star...if the shooting star was a curling iron.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 19 Nov. 2023
  • And if clouds happen to spoil your shooting star party, the show can be called off up to 100 minutes before launch.
    Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2015
  • Which means Earth's celestial neighbor will act like a bright spotlight in the sky, dimming the view of shooting stars.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Sky watchers will get a chance to see shooting stars tonight as two meteor showers will light up the night.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 29 July 2019
  • For most, reaching the Derby feels a bit like lassoing a shooting star.
    Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • They're observed in the night sky as shooting stars, burning farther up in the atmosphere.
    Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2018
  • If clear skies permit, get outside and look up — you might be rewarded with a shooting star or two.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Looking up from an ant’s point of view, players saw Scott rapping and head-banging against a sky red with shooting stars.
    Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 29 Apr. 2020
  • In an otherwise dark season, London was a lone bright spot, a shooting star bound for the top of the upcoming NFL draft.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2021

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